PhD candidates

PhD candidates

Doctoral Program in Electrical and ComputerEngineering

The doctoral program in Electrical and Computer Engineering corresponds to the 3rd cycle of studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering. It consists of a first part curriculum called "doctoral program" and a second part for the preparation of a thesis.

Study Plan

Thesis project

The Thesis Project consists of a written document that should include, among other elements, a detailed survey on the state of the art and work related with the research topic, the description of the problem(s) to be solved and a workplan. The thesis project will be evaluated at a public examination by a jury of at least three professors.

2nd and 3rd years

After getting the approval on the curricular units and thesis project, the candidate will dedicate him/herself to the planned research work. This research work will be supervised by a professor at FCTUC. The choice of the supervisor is made by the candidate. The coordinator of the doctoral program can assist the candidate in defining his/her research topics and an finding a supervisor.

Dissertation

The Dissertation comprises 120 ECTS credits, 60 ECTS per year, the registration for Dissertation being conditioned to the approval of the Thesis Project. The candidate’s dissertation will be evaluated by a jury of several members, some from other universities, who will be appointed by the Scientific Commission.

NOTE: In each edition of the course some of the curricular units may not be available; the list of available units is updated every year.

The choice of the curricular units should be made with the advice of the supervisor, taking into account the training needs of the candidate and the research topic of the thesis.

A student with a particularly rich curriculum, namely with a pre-Bologna Master, may solicit to the FCTUC Scientific Council the equivalency to curricular units of the doctoral program, and in some cases, it can be given equivalence to the complete doctoral course, excepting the Thesis Project.

Access conditions

For the doctoral program may apply holders of a master degree or a legal equivalent as well as holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum, recognized by the FCTUC Scientific Council as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies.

The selection and ranking of candidates will be performed mainly based on the academic, scientific and professional curriculum, in particular by talking into account the adequacy of their training for 1st and 2nd cycles (or other pre-Bologna) to the requirements of the doctoral program.

Where deemed necessary, FCTUC Scientific Council can require candidates to supplement their basic training, with the approval of certain curricular units, in addition to those integrating the academic part of the doctoral program.